The new bill which will be presented to the parliament for voting as soon as next week introduces new restrictions restaurants and entertainment establishments. Establishments are now longer allowed to designate smoking areas, even if they have the necessary ventilation, or they are not adjacent to areas for non-smokers. The new law will also ban […]
Smoking Ban
The Irony: Parliament members smoking inside Parliament building
According to a press release by the Anti Cancer society, Members of the Parliament, are smoking inside the parliament building violating the smoking ban they voted themselves. Criticism came after complaints by the Green Party’s MP Giorgos Perdikis and an internal memo by House of Representatives president Yiannakis Omirou, reminding MPs that smoking inside the […]
Club Owners Association furious over smoking ban law not being amended
Club Owners Association demands that the smoking legislation is amended to allow the owners of each centre to decide whether they want to allow smoking or not at their premises
Cypriots still smoking in closed public places
There has been an increase in the number of checks and the number of fines issued for smoking in closed public spaces during last month (numbers inside).
48900 reports for public smoking in one year
6449 fines were issued and 83 cases were sent to court.